"Sacha" wrote in message
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Two of the nursery team saw a very large butterfly yesterday and I hope
one of them got a photo with her mobile phone! Apparently, it was long
and kind of narrow (Spitefire aeroplane shape was the description) and its
wings were wider than a Dahlia flower, though I couldn't tell you which
one! The background of the wings is dark and 'somewhere' on them are two
white stripes and there is an orange outline on the body that is in
itself, butterfly shaped. Ray has described it to me as it was described
to him, he didn't see it. I suspect an escapee from Buckfastleigh
Butterfly Farm but if anyone has other ideas, or indeed, any ideas at all,
we'd be very grateful to hear them. If it is an escapee, sad to say, it
probably won't survive to lay eggs here or the eggs won't survive.
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It doesn't sound like anything I know, however this is a good site for ID
http://www.ukbutterflies.co.uk/index.php

Tina